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... to 102 - 102 103 to 106 106 to 117 · 111 117 to 120 - 120 - 121 - 121 Professional Confidence Obligation of Secrecy Privilege of refusing to Answer · 122 124 125 Examination of Witnesses , Rules as to Credit , how vi CONTENTS .
... to 102 - 102 103 to 106 106 to 117 · 111 117 to 120 - 120 - 121 - 121 Professional Confidence Obligation of Secrecy Privilege of refusing to Answer · 122 124 125 Examination of Witnesses , Rules as to Credit , how vi CONTENTS .
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... answer with exactness and precision . " Per Tindal C. J. , 2 New Ca. 369 , 370. in Whittaker v . Mason . In a contract for the sale of tallow by defendant in the name of a broker who was his known representative , the defendant was not ...
... answer with exactness and precision . " Per Tindal C. J. , 2 New Ca. 369 , 370. in Whittaker v . Mason . In a contract for the sale of tallow by defendant in the name of a broker who was his known representative , the defendant was not ...
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... answer in Chancery by one who has sold property , is not evidence against a person claiming under him by a conveyance long anterior to the bill filed . Gully v . Bishop of Exeter , 5 Bing . 171. The declarations of tenants are not ...
... answer in Chancery by one who has sold property , is not evidence against a person claiming under him by a conveyance long anterior to the bill filed . Gully v . Bishop of Exeter , 5 Bing . 171. The declarations of tenants are not ...
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... answer to a bill in Chancery , filed against the defendant by a stranger , may be read against him to show the admission of a particular fact . Grant v . Jackson , Peake , 203. The examination of a party before commissioners of bankrupt ...
... answer to a bill in Chancery , filed against the defendant by a stranger , may be read against him to show the admission of a particular fact . Grant v . Jackson , Peake , 203. The examination of a party before commissioners of bankrupt ...
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... answers . Lord Barrymore v . Taylor , 1 Esp . 326. But such letters are not evi- dence in favour of the writer ... answer in Chancery of the execution of a deed , is only secondary evidence , and does not su- persede the necessity ...
... answers . Lord Barrymore v . Taylor , 1 Esp . 326. But such letters are not evi- dence in favour of the writer ... answer in Chancery of the execution of a deed , is only secondary evidence , and does not su- persede the necessity ...
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Page 191 - That no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, unless the agreement upon which. such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized,
Page 317 - ... or to deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise shall be made or contained by or in some writing to be signed by the party chargeable thereby...
Page 447 - ... the right to make such entry or distress, or to bring such action, shall have first accrued to the person making or bringing the same.
Page 306 - In every species of assumpsit, all matters in confession and avoidance, including not only those by way of discharge, but those which show the transaction to be either void or voidable in point of law, on the ground of fraud or otherwise, shall be specially pleaded.
Page 447 - ... when the person claiming such land or rent, or some person through whom he claims, shall, in respect of the estate or interest claimed, have been in possession or in receipt of the profits of such land, or in the receipt of such rent...
Page 69 - ... when any variance shall appear between any matter in writing or in print produced in evidence, and the recital or setting forth thereof upon the record...
Page 630 - In an action on the case for a nuisance to the occupation of a house, by carrying on an offensive trade, the pica of not guilty will operate as a denial, only that the defendant carried on the alleged trade in such a way as to be a nuisance to the occupation of the house ; and will not operate as a denial of the plaintiff's occupation of the house.
Page 317 - Acts or this Act, as to One or more of such Joint Contractors, or Executors or Administrators, shall nevertheless be entitled to recover against any other or others of the Defendants, by virtue of a new Acknowledgment or Promise, or otherwise, Judgment may be given and Costs allowed for the Plaintiff as to such Defendant or Defendants against whom he shall recover, and for the other Defendant or Defendants against the Plaintiff.
Page 359 - I believe quite correctly, that "the rule of law is laid down with perfect correctness in the case of Butterfield v. Forrester, that, although there may have been negligence on the part of the plaintiff, yet unless he might, by the exercise of ordinary care, have avoided the consequences of the defendant's negligence, he is entitled to recover; if by ordinary care he might have avoided them, he is the author of his own wrong.
Page 164 - And all bills, drafts, or orders for the payment of any sum of money out of any particular fund which may or may not be available, or upon any condition or contingency which may or may not be performed or happen...